In the much-anticipated return of ’Walang Aray,’ PETA makes its biggest, if not the most daring, decision yet with the inclusion of trans actors Lance Reblando and Ice Seguerra
intimates a story of romance and revolution through a mounting that shifts between timelines, languages, and music genres. It concerns Julia and Tenyong, whose clandestine love bifurcated by class conflict is upended by the deaths of Tenyong’s parents at the hands of Spanish friars, resulting in his foray into the revolutionary struggle — a quintessential tale of the personal and the political, of the individual and the collective.
Director Ian Segarra said the staging still leans on its excessive, satirical nature. “But since we are PETA, we also reflect on the message and figure out how we could further sharpen it. Of course, there is struggle there. There are times when Norbs Portales, my associate director, and I revisit our previous choices, and ask, ‘Are we taking ourselves too seriously?’” Lance Reblando, Jon Abella, Gio Gahol, Marynor Madamesila, and Shaira Opsimar will alternate for the roles of Julia and Tenyong.
“It feels like a huge movement for our community because something like this rarely happens. And didn’t touch the fact that they should cast me because I’m a trans woman. They cast me because they saw that I can do the role.” “Even if I weren’t casted, the fact that I was considered was already a big thing, since it’s a representation that we’re not just for comedic or sexual ,” she continued. “We’re capable of more.”Growing with the material
Similarly, Madamesila recalled how her first lead role in professional theater not only opened more opportunities but bled into other productions she became part of. “Because that’s how strong her impact was on me, because she’s so resolute,” she said. “I’m really drawn to her being the epitome of a modern Filipino woman.”
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